Sunday Morning Reading: Super Bowl Version
No, it is not Sunday morning, at least here anyway. Attended a family wedding in Baltimore last night and stayed over in town. Lots of Chicago relatives there, all desperately hoping to get back to the Windy City (minus 30 wind chill there, yikes) in time for the game.
Fun wedding. Fun time and here' some Super Bowl Sunday reading to share:
The NFL is trying to be a party pooper on game day. Telling churches, other organizations, and perhaps individuals who have larger than a 55 inch screen that they can't show the game to a crowd of friends Gizmodo says their panties are in a twist. I say they have their head up their ass. This from the folks who brought you wardrobe malfunctions and this year think Prince is a good idea. Best way to combat this in the future, let's have all the Big Boxes put a disclaimer in large letters on all 55 inch screens on the display floor. Like that'll happen. Personally, I think the NFL is just out to destroy churches as competition.
So schools are using the video game Dance, Dance Revolution to help combat obesity. How long before someone is going to say dancing is the work of the devil so cancel that program? Via USA Today
Mitch Ratcliffe unboxes an Apple MacBook Pro and a Lenovo X60 and scores the Apple OOBE as better as relates to packaging. I don't think you can beat that argument. Although, personally, I'd rather see dollars spent on better equipment than on researching packaging prettiness.
Cory Doctorow writes about the insanity or is that the inanity of Shrink Wrap licenses in Information Week. I happen to agree with his points. See the principle behind this is that the customer is always stupid.
European Telcos are apparently trying to out-Google Google by creating their own search engine. Google will end up just buying them in the end anyway.
Kickoff is a few hours away at the Super Bowl. The world expects the Bears to lose to the Colts. That's the story line. You never know, that's why the play the game. Should be a fun time and of course I'm pulling for Chicago in the battle of the survivors, interesting ads that really suck, and at least two wardrobe malfunctions at half time. Go Bears!
